Isaiah 5:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.”
Isaiah 5:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 5:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 5:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.”
Isaiah 5:2 — World English Bible
Isaiah 5:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. ”
Isaiah 5:2 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 5:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it <FI>with<Fi> a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!”
Isaiah 5:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 5:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes. ”
Isaiah 5:2 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 5:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And hee hedged it, and gathered out the stones of it, and he planted it with the best plants, and hee builte a towre in the middes thereof, and made a wine presse therein: then hee looked that it should bring foorth grapes: but it brought foorth wilde grapes.”
Isaiah 5:2 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 5:2 in Context — Isaiah 5
1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
What Does Isaiah 5:2 Mean?
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